I'm not so sure there's a huge benefit here.
my @x;
$x[9] = 1;
print "$#x ", scalar(@x), $/;
print exists $x[2] ? 1 : 0, $/;
print defined $x[2] ? 1 : 0, $/;
+
$x[2] = undef;
print exists $x[2] ? 1 : 0, $/;
print defined $x[2] ? 1 : 0, $/;
----
9 10
0
0
1
0
Basically, all you're saying is whether that element was assigned to. That's different from "Is this index within the bounds of the array?", which is tested by if ($i <= $#array).
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I shouldn't have to say this, but any code, unless otherwise stated, is untested
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